Childhood-limited versus persistent antisocial behavior: Why do some recover and others do not? the TRAILS study

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 718-742

  Veenstra, René ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Ormel, Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Developmental psychopathology; Elementary school; Life course persistent; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349586737     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431608325501     Document Type: Article

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